Kashmir - 50,000 poultry dead in Ranikhet (Newcastle disease) outbreak

[Ronan Kelly]

Ranikhet disease hit poultry in Indian-controlled Kashmir
Souce:Xinhua Publish By David K. Barger Updated 25/12/2012 4:07 am in Health&Lifestyle / no comments

SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Dec. 24 ? The poultry sector in parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir has been badly hit due to outbreak of Ranikhet disease, officials said Monday. ?We have collected the samples and send them to forensic lab for testing. Apparently the symptoms are of Ranikhet disease,? said an official at divisional commissioner office in Srinagar city, the summer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir.

The viral disease resulting in death of poultry birds has severely hit poultry business. According to officials, the disease was first detected Saturday in Budgam district and subsequently spread to Srinagar, Pulwama and Ganderbal districts.

Farmers and poultry farm owners accuse the region?s Animal Husbandry Department of apathetic towards the situation. The farmers say they have suffered heavy losses as mortality rate was increasing with each passing day. ?Nearly 50, 000 birds have died at poultry farms since the outbreak of this disease,?said Bashir Ahmad Sofi, vice-president of Kashmir Poultry Farmers Union. ?The department has failed to check the disease from spreading it.?
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http://www.nzweek.com/healthlifesty...t-poultry-in-indian-controlled-kashmir-39336/

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Kashmir - 50,000 poultry dead in Ranikhet (Newcastle disease) outbreak

The 50,000 figure given in the first report above may be a cumulative figure from several outbreaks in the past - Ro

Poultry farmers suffer heavy losses
Ranikhet infection
PEERZADA AARIF

Baramulla, Dec 24: The poultry farmers in this district have suffered heavy monetary losses by the sudden increase in bird mortality due to outbreak of Ranikhet disease in north Kashmir.
According to the poultry farmers due to the infection more than 5000 birds have died in the area in last two weeks.
The areas where the outbreak has caused bird mortality include Kandi, Rafiabad, Pattan, Baramulla, Wagoora Kreeri and Tangmarg.
The farmers alleged that the Animal Husbandry Department has failed to check the infection. ?The infection is spreading to other areas yet the department is taking no visible steps to check it,? they said.
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http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2012/Dec/25/poultry-farmers-suffer-heavy-losses-7.asp